January 30, 2015
- Poverty determines who lives and dies—medicine must find equitable ways to finance healthcare.
- Rand Paul moves with progressive Democrats—albeit uneasily—on criminal justice reform.
- Bobby Jindal is a hypocrite: He thinks Muslims should be secular, but has no such expectation of Christians.
- Oklahoma's new seismic activity is linked to oil drilling, forcing residents to weigh concerns against wealth.
- Court rules against a woman suing Hearst for libel over publishing stories about her arrest after charges were overturned.
- Reporter tracks emotional states of teenage perpetrator and victim in an Oakland bus fire deemed a hate crime.
- Alice Goffman learns to run from the cops.
- Diplomatic relations in jeopardy after a court recognizes the same-sex marriage of a French and a Moroccan citizen.
- Related: A brief illustrated history of same-sex marriage—or not—in the US.
- On playing the housing lottery.
- Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating its software on 63 different occasions.
- Hacker's List is the new Craigslist for tasks large and small, legal and illegal.
- In a settlement with the FTC, revenge porn site operator will not face jail time or pay financial restitution.
- While John Kerry was in Saudi Arabia, he forgot to clear the snow in front of his house and now owes Boston $50.
- Federal auction of Martha's Vineyard ocean wind-farm rights draws fraction of the bids in a similar auction two years ago.
- Behind the theory Hollywood is converging on an orange-and-blue color scheme, a technological shortcut.
- See also: From Schwarzkopf's boots to traffic cones, a look at the federal government’s official color palette.
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